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Upanishads : " The Cream of Vedas"
Vedanta ( Veda +anta i.e; the end of Vedas ) as the literal meaning connotes comprises the philosophical portion of Vedas, called the Upanishads.
Of about 280 Upanishads unearthed so far, 108 have been accepted as authorised texts , and out of them have been commented upon by great Acharyas lika Sri Sankaracharya , Sri Ramanjacharya, Sri Madhavacharya and thus are classified as major.

Mantram-12. { A seeker seeing meaningless-ness of the wordly and heavenly pleasures advised to approach a teacher and seek "Supreme Knowledge." }

Mantram-12.

Discussion-2. "QUALITIES REQUIRED IN A TRUE BRAHMANA.............."

The qualities required in a true brahmana are not physical;

they are, to be to an extent mental;

to a large degree intellectual;

and in the main "Spiritual."

"He who has all these qualities : 1. 'Purity of thought, 2. Clarity of reasoning, 3. Sincerity of motives and an 4. Insatiable EAGERNESS to realize that 'Spiritual fullness', --"

"Whether he be in a 'butcher's seat' or in front of 'sacrificial fire', whether he be in a '
'puja-room' or on a 'railway station,' whether he be on the Ganges-banks or on the ' streets,'
he is true brahmana in the scriptural sense of the term."

In short, the word brahmana means in a full grown and fully evolved human being who is sensitive enough to feel an urge for a greater existence and is continuously striving to gain it.

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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esah - this one;
sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all;
easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient;
esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower;
easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source;
sarvasya - of all;
prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution;
hi - verily;
bhutanam - of all beings.
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The sum of Mantram : -
"This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all.
And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves."
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